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Issue five-and-a-half of Candy Magazine (The Obsesive Impulsive Issue Part Two) is out now. Stop by their site to subscribe if you haven’t done so already. It’s by far my favorite design-related e-zine, always full of relevant people and suject matter.

K2 Design is based out of Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, I am a simple, ignorant American who cannot speak or read a word of Greek (except gyros and souvlaki), but there’s a lot of lovely packaging to see here and the nav is simple enough to figure out. From what I gather this firm even developed [...]

It’s interesting to note when looking at work from different parts of the globe, you begin to see visual styles almost like languages with different dialects, spread out across geographical areas. So today’s lesson will be in French. Enjoy the works of La Bonne Merveille.

From Vienna, Lichtwitz is our first Austrian entry. I’m sure the site nav would not be as frustrating if I was a native speaker. Go fumble around for yourself and enjoy the sites.

Don’t know much about him except that something happened involving him and New York in April. Check out some very nice editorial.

You all should know build aka Michael C. Place. He was a former member of shit-hot-Sheffield-based The Designers Republic back in the heyday. I think playing WipeOut on the first Playstation I got it for Christmas convinced me to get into the field of graphic design. I had never seen anything like tDR was doing [...]

A’ is the personal portfolio of Brazilian Clarissa Tossin. Check the site for some static and motion technicolor goodness.

Straight out of Oslo, design shop Bleed has recently added some new works to their site. Also accompanying the new work is news that the firm has launched a concept design store called One. It stocks one of each of it’s hand-picked pieces (hence the name) giving the consumer an opportunity to be the first [...]

Polar, from Barcelona, has got some very smart works up.

There’s something to be said for smart, British design. While I’m not sure exactly what it is that should be said, I do know that a picture is worth a thousand words. There’s like a billion-jillion words over at the Departures site.

“Muther natural flavor tuning, GWG®.”
Excuse the Engrish. GWG is based out of Tokyo and Osaka and has a ton of action sports and fashion branding work for you to see. Arigato.

We’ve finally got the new site launched, just in time for the reboot. Take a look and if you can please go vote for us!

Another link from across the pond; SixFive is a Somerset, UK based studio, and a very nice bunch of people to boot. They’ve managed to impart a bit of class and polish on all their works, be they small or large clients. Very nice indeed.

Here’s some work by two Londoners to get you through the humpday. Easy, free, and loose best describes the style found here. So sit back, sip some lemonade through a straw, and enjoy the sites.

Naming studios based on arbitrary project numbers can only mean one thing: Danish designers. Welcome to NR2154, established by Jacob Wildschiødtz and Troels Faber in 2005. You might remember them from aptly named UNIT1391 fame. Regardless, if you enjoy complex codification involving design and math, as well as looking at project PDFs, and the color [...]